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Michigan strawberries begin!

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Today, June 6th, was our first day of strawberry season and a beautiful day it was! It was great to see everyone so excited to taste their

Freshly picked flats of strawberries!

Freshly picked flats of strawberries!

first berries of the year! We are currently offering picked strawberries at $3.50/qt. or $24 for a flat (8 qts.) The berries are nice and sweet and we are looking forward to another great season of offering our homegrown Michigan strawberries! If you would like to order flats and have them reserved, please give us a call at (269)684-5865.

Our U-pick is not open currently until we get more volume to meet demands. Right now, we only have enough production to meet our retail sale needs. We anticipate opening our U-pick in mid June. As we get closer, I will keep this page updated as to the exact day we will open. We know everyone is anxious, but remember because of the cool spring we had, everything is running behind. Hope to see you all at the fruit stand!

Asparagus is winding down for the year. We do still have some available at our fruit stand and may have it for possibly another week, so stock up the freezer while it is still around!

Michigan asparagus continues; Michigan strawberry season draws near!

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Fresh, hand picked asparagus in one lb. bundles

Fresh, hand picked asparagus in one lb. bundles

Although it has been a challenging asparagus season with the cool temps, the recent upper 80-90 degree temps. have had us picking sometimes twice a day! We still anticipate having asparagus for another week or more, so stop by and pick some up for the freezer. To order a large quantity, please give us a call or e-mail us to place your order at (269)684-5865. Our FREEZER SPECIAL is 10 or more lbs. for $1.50/lb. For smaller quantities, we are at $2.00/lb. We also have rhubarb at the fruit stand while quantity lasts!

Terry and I walked the strawberry fields tonight, and were happy to finally see a few of our early variety strawberries beginning to ripen! Our first varieties will include Honeoye and Wendy and are a great tasting strawberry. We hope to begin picking sometime next week, depending on the weather. Our U-Pick will not open until sufficient quantities are available to meet demands. Please keep an eye on the website as I will keep you up to date on this.

Early variety strawberries begin to ripen!

Early variety strawberries begin to ripen!

Our sweet cherry orchard is loaded with rapidly sizing cherries, which should be available towards the end of June. We have 9 varieties of cherries from early to late, so we should have cherries available at our fruit stand for several weeks. We hope the warmer temps. will continue to help ripen and size our crops. This will help our crops catch up from the cooler than normal temps. we have been experiencing.

 Look forward to seeing you all soon! Tina

Our sweet cherry orchard in blossom!

Our sweet cherry orchard in blossom!

Michigan Asparagus Season begins!

Friday, May 13th, 2011

We are currently now selling our homegrown Michigan asparagus! With the onset of the warm (hot) weather, it has really pushed the asparagus into production! We are selling our 1lb. bundles for $2/lb. We do offer quantity discounts for 10 or more lbs! Come on out and start enjoying Michigan’s first fresh vegetable of the season. Asparagus is great so many different ways whether you like to grill, steam, or roast it and the best part is that it is SO good for you! Call with any questions at (269)684-5865 or send us an e-mail!

The warm weather has also really made our homegrown Michigan strawberries grow like crazy! We are beginning to see a few varieties start to bloom which means we should have strawberries within a couple of weeks.  A favorite season of so many, we are anxious for another great strawberry season!

Michigan strawberry season nearing an end.

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

There is nothing like freshly picked Michigan strawberries!

There is nothing like freshly picked Michigan strawberries!

Strawberries -

We are currently winding down our strawberry season for the year. We will try to have strawberries available through Saturday, June 19th. This will be the last day for U-pick. We appreciate all of you who came out to visit our farm and we hope to see you all next year!

Rasperries –
Looks like a very good crop of rasperries this year. Hopefully in a few weeks we will begin picking. We will have red and some black rasperries available.

Michigan Strawberry season in full swing!

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

There's nothing like freshly picked Michigan strawberries!

There's nothing like freshly picked Michigan strawberries!

Picked Strawberries:

We are now picking our homegrown Michigan strawberries daily. Our hours are 9:00am-7:00pm and are open 7 days/wk. Our price for picked strawberries is $3.00/quart or $20.00 for an 8 quart flat. Our strawberry season lasts for 2-3 weeks depending on the weather.

U-Pick Strawberries:

Our U-Pick will be open beginning Thursday, June 3rd. We will supply you with a container or you can bring your own. We charge $1/lb. for our u-pick strawberries. Our hours are 9am-7pm, 7 days/wk. We offer nice, clean fields with lots of beautiful berries!

Asparagus Update:

We are sadly winding down towards the end of our asparagus season. It certainly was a great year for asparagus and we hope you all enjoyed it! We will have asparagus available for only a few more days so come on out and stock up while you still can.

Hope to see you all soon!

Tina